Nature: Addresses, and LecturesHoughton, Mifflin and Company, 1893 - 315 pages |
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Page 61
... behold unveiled the nature of Justice and Truth , we learn the difference between the ab- solute and the conditional or relative . We appre- hend the absolute . As it were , for the first time , we exist . We become immortal , for we ...
... behold unveiled the nature of Justice and Truth , we learn the difference between the ab- solute and the conditional or relative . We appre- hend the absolute . As it were , for the first time , we exist . We become immortal , for we ...
Page 68
... behold the absolute natures of justice and truth , and we learn that man has access to the entire mind of the Creator , is himself the creator in the finite . This view , which admonishes me where the sources of wisdom and power lie ...
... behold the absolute natures of justice and truth , and we learn that man has access to the entire mind of the Creator , is himself the creator in the finite . This view , which admonishes me where the sources of wisdom and power lie ...
Page 71
... behold a rich land- scape , it is less to my purpose to recite correctly the order and superposition of the strata , than to know why all thought of multitude is lost in a tranquil sense of unity . I cannot greatly honor minuteness in ...
... behold a rich land- scape , it is less to my purpose to recite correctly the order and superposition of the strata , than to know why all thought of multitude is lost in a tranquil sense of unity . I cannot greatly honor minuteness in ...
Page 78
... behold the real higher law . To the wise , therefore , a fact is true poetry , and the most beautiful of fables . These wonders are brought to our own door . You also are a man . Man and woman and their social life , poverty , labor ...
... behold the real higher law . To the wise , therefore , a fact is true poetry , and the most beautiful of fables . These wonders are brought to our own door . You also are a man . Man and woman and their social life , poverty , labor ...
Page 104
... , and can henceforth defy it and pass on superior . The world is his who can see through its pretension . What deafness , what stone - blind cus -- It is tom , what overgrown error you behold 104 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR .
... , and can henceforth defy it and pass on superior . The world is his who can see through its pretension . What deafness , what stone - blind cus -- It is tom , what overgrown error you behold 104 THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR .
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